Writing recaps and weekly commentary for television shows requires equal parts humor, compassion, insight, sarcasm, and truth. Strike a balance between these elements, write with conviction and authority, know your show inside and out, and you could find yourself among elite company as a commentary writer. The point of being a recap artist for a [...]
Reality TV has long ceased to be a way of producing low-budget content to fill out the programming schedule. These days, it’s not only a programming staple but, in the case of several networks, constitutes the bulk of the programming lineup. Despite all the ridicule and criticism that accompanies the many subgenres of this type [...]
Your mom may have once told you that watching TV would rot your brain, but she probably never imagined the likes of Jersey Shore and Keeping Up with the Kardashians. If the TV shows you watched as a kid would rot your brain, today’s reality TV would surely turn it to complete sludge—right? Maybe not. [...]
Why did Start-Ups: Silicon Valley (SUSV) fail? The easy answer is because it wasn’t good. But, you may reply, awfulness hasn’t always stopped a TV series from succeeding: Fair enough. Picture a Venn diagram consisting of three circles: people who aren’t sick of reality TV shows (a dwindling number), people who aren’t turned off by [...]
There are several people who stand on a brightly-lit stage and answer questions, one after the other. The answers these people give can define their future, can make or break their success. Millions of people from around the Nation tune-in to see what’s going to be discussed and judge the candidates based on their answers [...]
Reality TV first came onto the scene when MTV stuck seven strangers into a New York City loft together in 1992 in hopes they would stop being polite and start being ‘real.’ After “The Real World, “the fascination with reality took off. As TIME Magazine put it, “In 1992, reality TV was a novelty. In [...]
It’s no secret: TV shows can become consuming, especially when cliffhangers are involved. But sometimes there’s more to watching cable TV than just being into a show for an hour and wondering what will happen next week. Many psychologists and other mental health professionals have discovered that people are drawn to television shows because of [...]
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